An ecological park contributes to the preservation of the species that live there.
An ecological park is a territory that is characterized by the special care that the species that inhabit it receive. Typically, the management of these spaces is the responsibility of the State .
Parks are green spaces for public use. These are areas where there is usually an abundance of trees and plants, with grass and various facilities (such as benches, children's games, fountains and other equipment) that allow you to enjoy leisure and rest.
Ecological , for its part, is an adjective that refers to what is linked to ecology . This last term (ecology), in its broadest sense, mentions the interactions that living beings maintain with the environment.
Purpose of an ecological park
The purpose of an ecological park is to protect the ecosystem in which it develops, although these regions also serve as recreation and allow the population to learn about the nature of a certain place.
Thanks to the intense care that the authorities take over the ecological parks, the protected areas allow various scientific investigations and studies to be carried out. An ecological park, therefore, helps generate valuable knowledge about animals , plants and the rest of the members of the ecosystem in question.
Depending on the formal characteristics, an ecological park can be classified in different ways and receive different names. Within the group of protected areas, it is possible to speak of a national park or an ecological reserve , for example. The specificity of each name depends on the regulations established by the country in question.
There are many ecological parks around the world.
Some examples worldwide
Wikado, Netherlands
The Netherlands is famous for its ability to take advantage of the benefits of the wind , and this ecological park has a very peculiar way of remembering it: Superuse Studios , an architectural firm located in Rotterdam , decided to build in said city a space dedicated to recreation using of five mill blades that had been discarded to turn them into slides, tunnels, towers and labyrinths. Wikado is a very particular example of how to reuse materials that, otherwise, would have been treated as mere (albeit colossal) waste.
Rainwater harvesting parks, United States
One of the main problems in the North American city of New York is wastewater ; And it only takes one inch of rain for its sewage system to be compromised, which carries risks of environmental contamination and waterways that run through its streets. An excellent way that the Department of Environmental Protection found to combat this was the creation of ecological parks prepared to capture rainwater. The more than 10 open spaces feature raised gardens, barrels, underground water storage layers and porous pavement, which opposes traditional asphalt as a base material .
Kilburn Grange Adventure Play Park, England
With a name perhaps too long, this ecological park was created by the company Erect Architecture and offers an ideal environment for fun and contact with nature. Its facilities have ideal climbing structures, slides, towers and outdoor rooms. Thanks to having been built where a botanical garden existed years ago, you can see various species of trees throughout its entire length. It should be noted that many of the materials used to create Kilburn Grange were recycled and that its rocks are natural.
Skinners Shipping Container Playground, Australia
In the city of Melbourne , a company decided that the city could benefit from an ecological park built from containers ; and he was not wrong. Skinners ' peculiar style invites adventure and demonstrates that there are no limits to the desire to reuse discarded structures .